Buckle.



No. 878,791. PATENTED DEC. 17. 190 7.

' M. RUBIN.

BUCKLE.

APPLICATION TILED MAR. 20, 1907- 9 Inventor:

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PATENT OFFICE.

MAX RUBIN, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

BUCKLE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 17, 1907.

Application filerl March 20, 1907. Serial No. 363,424.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, MAX RUBIN, a citizen of the United States, andresident of the city of New York, borough of Manhattan, in the county ofNew York and State of New York, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Buckles, of which the following is a specification.

' This invention-relates to improvements in buckles and particularly tothat class of buckles which are to be used on the straps of garments.

The object of my invention is to provide a buckle which is simple inconstruction, strong, durable and holds parts firmly and securely and isreliable.

In the accompanying drawings, in which like letters of referenceindicate like parts in all the figures: Figure 1 is a face view of myimproved buckle. Fig. 2 is a transverse sectional view on the line 2 2of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a like view showing the manner in which the strapsare held by this buckle.

This buckle is struck up from sheet metal as a rectangular frame Ahaving the two side members B, end members 0 C and the longitudinalmiddle member D. The side members B B are curved transversely and madehollow on the underside and the inner wall is extended lower than theouter wall of each side member so as to form the binding edge E. Theintermediate member D D is pressed down longitudinally along its centralline so as to have a U shape and to form two upwardly extending sideedges F F on the upper face of the buckle. The upper surfaces of theside members B B and end members O C and the upper edges F F of thelongitudinal central member D are all substantially in the same plane asshown in Fig. 2. The edges F formed by the sides of the longitudinalcentral member D on the upper surfaces of-the buckle do not extend tothe outer other strip K is passed under the edges E E over the edges F Fin such a manner as to be beneath the end a. Therefore the end I) willbe in contact with the edges E E. The longitudinal strain in oppositedirections in the strips H and K presses the ends of these straps uponeach other in such a manner that the upper end a will force the lowerend Z) against the edges F F and the lower end I) will force the upperend a against the edges E E causing the strips H and K to bind on theseedges and to be held firmly and securely.

Having described my invention what I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent is 1. A buckle made of a single piece of metal andhaving two side members, two end members and a longitudinal centralmember, the upper surfaces of said side members, end members and centralmember being substantially in the same plane and the longitudinalcentral member having two binding edges formed on its upper surface, thematerial between these edges being depressed to form said edges, andeach side member having a binding edge formed on its underside and alongthe inner edge, substantially as set forth.

2. A buckle made of metal and having two side members, two end membersand a longitudinal central member, the upper surfaces of said sidemembers, end members and central member being all substantially in thesame plane and the longitudinal central member having two binding edgesformed on its upper surface and each side member having a binding edgeformed along its inner side and on the under surface, the-binding edgeson the upper surface of the central member extending from the inner edgeof one end member to the inner edge of the other end member,substantially as set forth.

Signed at New York city in the county of New York and State of New Yorkthis 11th day of March A. D. 1907.

MAX RUBIN.

